Expressing-press.



No. 802,278. PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905. J" S. FREY.

EXPRESSING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1904.

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Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed June 30, 1904.. Serial No. 214,782.

To all whmrt it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. FREY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, in the State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful 1m provementin Expressing-Presses,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those portable expressing-presses known askl-shaped potato-mashers and fruit presses or strainers; and itconsistsin certain novel combinations of peeuliarly-constructed partshereinafter set forth and claimed.

The leading object of the invention is to render the segmental orV-shaped cup readily removable for convenience in cleansing and toprovide for readily replacing a cup with a new one or one having coarseperforations with one having finer perforations, or vice versa. The cupwith coarse perforations is used for mashing potatoes and the cup withliner perforations for pressing and straining fruits for jam, jellies,etc.

Another object of the invention is to render all the parts of theimproved press readily separable, so as to provide for the use ofinterchangeable parts.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a side view and a top view of the presswide open, the appearance of the closed press being also in dicated inFig. 1 by the addition of "dotted lines. Fig. 3 represents alongitudinal section through the cup on a larger scale. Fig. 1 is aperspective view of the cup detached; and Fig. 5 is a perspective Viewof the follower and its brace detached, the latter being broken off.

Like reference letters and numbers refer to like parts in all thefigures.

The principal parts of the improved press are a pair of lever-pieces Aand B, terminating at one end in handles 1 and 2 and articulated at theother end by a removable transverse pintle 3, interacting with pairs ofhinge-lugs 4: and 5 on the respective lever-pieces, a removable W-shapedcup 0, carried by the leverpiece A, and a follower D, connected at oneextremity by a brace 6 with the lever-piece B and supported at its otherextremity by said pintle 3. The main lever-piece A is furtherconstructed with a rectangular frame 7 to surround the cup 0 when thelatter is in position, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and with a pair ofstop-shoulders 8, Fig. 3, adjoining its hinge-lugs 1 to support thelever-piece B in its wide-open position, Figs. 1 and 2, so that thepress as a whole may be held by the handle 1 of the lever-piece A.

The lever-piece B is constructed with a bifurcated inner end, formingthe hinge-lugs 5, and with a hole in its stiffening-rib 9 to interactwith a removable pin 10 for the removable attachment thereto'of thebrace 6.

The cup (J, being preferably and conveniently of suitably-preforatedsheet metal, has a wired upper edge 11, adapted to rest on said frame 7of the lever-piece A and is so litted within said frame as to be movableback and forth to a limited extent. Preferably it is so movable endwiseof the press, as shown, and is constructed with an embossed projection12 on its front to interlock with the front bar of said frame 7 and witha spring 13, attached to its back to press against the rear bar of saidframe 7 and to hold the cup in its locked position. When the press iswide open, as shown in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Fig. 1, the cup C canbe pressed bodily backward, so as to free said projection 12 from theframe 7, and the cup can then be tilted out of the frame and removed, soas to facilitate thoroughly cleansing it or replacing it with a new ordifferent cup, as required.

The follower D is preferably and conveniently made of sheet metal, alsowith flanges 1 1 at its lateral edges to stiffen it and with a sleeve 15integral therewith to embrace the pintle 3, so that the latter shallsupport the follower all the way across the cup. In said wide-opencondition of the press, Figs. 1 and 2, the pintle 3 and the pin 10 canreadily be pulled out and all the parts of the press thus separated, andthe parts of presses of a given size being made interchangeable witheach other the press can readily be repaired at trifling expense whenotherwise it would be necessary to throw it away as useless.

The follower-brace 6 in the construction shown in the drawings is madewith lateral arms a and b, Fig. 5, rendering it T-shaped, and these armsare soldered fast to the extremity of the follower D, that is supportedby this brace.

The brace 6 can obviously be otherwise at tached both to the lever-pieceB and to the follower D. The locking projection 12 and the opposingspring 13 may be at opposite sides of the cup 0 instead of at its frontand back, and other like modifications will suggest themselves to thoseskilled in-the art.

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Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention anddesire to patent under this specification 1. A portable expressing-presshaving, in combination, a pair of lever-pieces connected with each otherat one end by a hinge and provided with handles at the other end, one ofsaid lever-pieces being constructed with a frame having side membersparallel with each other, a removable segmental or V-shaped cup adaptedto be embraced and supported by said frame, said cup having a limitedbackand-forth movement between said side members and provided withremoval-preventing means adapted to interlock with said frame, means forkeeping said cup and said frame interlocked with each other, and afollower carried by the other leverpiece and adapted to work within saidcup.

2. In a portable expressing-press, the combination of a pair oflever-pieces connected with each other at one end by a hinge andprovided with handles at the other end, one of said lever-pieces beingconstructed with a rectangular frame, a removable segmental or V-shapedcup adapted to be embraced and supported by said frame, said cup havinga limited back-and-forth movement within said frame and constructed witha projection to interlock with one side of said frame, means for keepingsaid projection interlocked with the frame, and a follower carried bythe other lever-piece and adapted to work within said cup.

3. In a portable expressing-press, the combination of a pair oflever-pieces connected with each other at one end by a hinge andprovided with handles at the other end, one of said lever-pieces beingconstructed with a rectangular frame, a removable segmental or V-shapedcup adapted to be embraced and supported by said frame, said cup havinga limited back-and-forth movement within said frame and constructed witha projection to interlock with one side of said frame, a spring at theopposite side of the frame operating to i keep said projectioninterlocked with the frame, and a follower carried by the otherlever-piece and adapted to work within said cup.

4. In a portable expressing-press, the combination of a pair oflever-pieces connected with each other at one end by a hinge andprovided with handles at the other end, one of 1 said lever-pieces beingconstructed with a rec.

lower carried by the other lever-piece and adapted to work within saidcup.

5. In a portable expressing-press, the combination of a pair oflever-pieces connected with each other at one end by a hinge andprovided with handles at the other end, one of said lever-pieces beingconstructed with a rectangular frame, a removable segmental or V- shapedcup adapted to be embraced and supported by said frame and having aprojection on its front to interlock with the front bar of said frame, aretaining-spring attached to the back of said cup and arranged to pressagainst the rear bar of said frame, and a follower carried by the'otherlever-piece and adapted to work Within said cup.

6. In a portable expressing-press, the combination of a pair oflever-pieces connected with each other at one end by a hinge andprovided with handles at the other end, one of said lever-pieces beingconstructed with a rectangular frame, a removablesegmental or V- shapedcup of perforated sheet metal adapted to be embraced by said framehaving a wired upper edge to rest on said frame and provided with anembossed projection to interlock with one side of said frame, 'a springat the opposite side of the frame operating to keep said projectioninterlocked with said frame, and a follower carried by the otherlever-piece and adapted to work within said cup.

7. In a portable expressing-press, the combination of a pair oflever-pieces connected with each other at one end by a hinge andprovided with handles at the other end, one of said lever-pieces beingconstructed with a rectangular frame, a removable segmental or V-shapedcup of perforated sheet metal adapted to be embraced by said frame,having a wired upper edge to rest on said frame, and provided with anembossed projection to interlock with one side of said frame, aretaining-spring attached to said cup and arranged to press against theopposite side of said frame, and a follower carried by the otherleverpiece and adapted to work within said cup.

8. In a portable expressing-press, the combination with a pair oflever-pieces constructed with handles at one end and with hingelugs atthe opposite end, of a removable pintle by which the same arearticulated, a segmental or V-shaped cup removably attached to one ofsaid lever-pieces, a follower removably attached to said pintle at oneextremity, a brace attached to said follower at its other extremity, andmeans whereby said follower is removably attached to the other of saidleverpieces substantially as hereinbefore specified.

JOHN S. FREY. WVitnesses:

ROBERT MoILwAINi'i, GUY W. SERDAN.

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